Paul McCartney entered the '70s with the Beatles in his rearview window. They'd obviously be quite an act to follow. Then McCartney founded Wings and saw 14 more singles reach the Billboard Top 10, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The dazzling ...

Queen had an uncertain beginning in the ’70s, and then an uncertain ending. In between, they completed the band’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame resume. Like many first albums, 1973’s gold-selling ...

There's no question that the '70s was an incredible decade for music in general, but that's when one genre in particular ...

Lex Williams is a music writer and film critic, who shares her time between North Carolina and New York City. From a young age, Lex has always had a passion for arts in all its forms, having worked in ...

The 1970s produced some of the most talented, prolific and iconic female vocalists of all time. From once-in-a-lifetime voices like Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin to pop culture royalty like Patti ...

There was once an indelible tension between rock and disco, culminating in a so-called "disco demolition" night in 1979 that devolved into a riot. As the decades have rolled past, however, much of ...

In his autobiography, Elvis Costello wrote that the popular idea of him early on as an angry man was just a trick of physiology. He wrote: “It seems that the space between my two front teeth, which ...

Music and movies can exist without each other, but we can all probably agree it’s better if they don’t. In short, music and film just support by bolstering certain themes, sentiments, and actions ...

The ’70s were defined by change for Genesis. Their first album of the decade, 1970’s Trespass, became their last with co-founder Anthony Phillips. And so it went. Phil Collins and Steve Hackett first ...